Composite Meter Factor

Class AA Ice Stregthening.

Sailing other than close; hauled or into the wind (wind astern).

Depositing filler metal on a surfsae by welding, spraying, or braze welding to increase resistance to abrasion, erosion, wear, galling. impact, or cavitation damage.

Particles of foreign material in a metallic matrix. The particles are usually compounds (such as oxides, sulfides, or silicates), but may be of any substance that is foreign to (and essentially insoluble in) the matrix.

A device used to measure total incident solar radiation (direct beam, diffuse, and reflected radiation) per unit time per unit area.

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Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.

(1) The ratio of the speeds of a chemical reaction at two temperatures differing by 10

The process of the absorption of heat from one location and its transfer to another for rejection or recuperation.

Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area.

The top point of the line about which the earth rotates.

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The lines that lead from the clew of the jib to the cockpit and are used to control the jib.

The heat that flows from the building interior, through the building envelope to the outside environment.

A conically shaped, copper rain gauge shield.

Refers to the direction in which a line goes.

The binding of an adsorbate to the surface of a solid by forces whose energy levels approximate those of a chemical bond. Contrast with physisorption.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.